This category highlights reviews of coffee shops and or tea bars. Coffee shops and tea bars usually have a limited selection of food. However, some do offer gourmet meals.
Outside Cafe Monsee’s
I appreciate food tasting invitations during public holidays. Received an invitation from Nana for a food tasting session at Cafe Monsee’s. Not really familiar with the place though so I Googled it and some blogs of our fellow food bloggers came up from the search. Most of them recommended their breads and pastries.
Cafe Monsee’s is located at White Plains Avenue, just before Boni Serrano if you are coming from the Monument of Heroes in Edsa. The facade of Monsee’s is just like a typical house with white painted walls and two red doors. I already felt the homey – neighborhood vibe upon seeing the facade. Then Karla and I went inside and saw the yummy looking breads and pastries. Continue reading →
It’s not only Manila that is riding onto the milk tea craze, Bacolod has their own milk tea place too! We went to Lacson Street to look for something to eat when suddenly we saw this milk tea place called Milk + Tea Station. It is on top of the new Calea in Balay Quince (yes, Calea now has a bigger place in Lacson!). So after our yummy dinner at Cafe Uma, we decided to have a night cap in Milk + Tea Station before going back to our hotel.
I learned that they already have branches in Manila, particularly in SM Sta. Mesa (which is very near my home) and Tomas Morato. Continue reading →
It has been awhile since we’ve seen the CBTL machines (a single-serve beverage system) in Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf in Greenbelt 3. We’re glad that we’re able to try this out first-hand. 
I know there are other single-serve beverage systems out there that are being sold. But I think that the selling point of the CBTL machine is that you can have your favorite CBTL tea or coffee at home . Continue reading →
It’s been almost a week since I had my surgery and have been dying to get some fresh air outside the comforts of my home. Good thing that I live near the the commercial district of Sta. Mesa. Today is the first time that I went out and I decided to have some tea with Juned and Karla. My favorite tea places are far from my house (meaning, I need to travel more than 15 minutes) and I can only go to places which are very near my house. Serenitea and Kozui are out of the question now so I have an alternative which is located at the Mezza Residences called Thousand Teas. Basically, it’s just like Serenitea but offers lesser varieties of teas. Continue reading →
Tea selections
Every month, Azalea Restaurant changes its theme for their high tea afternoon. This month of September, their theme is Filipino where they have selections of beef congee (goto), maja blanca, puto, sandwiches, tarts and pasta (both tomato-based and cream-based). Continue reading →
